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• The legislature convened for its session Jan. 9. At the K-12 level, a state bill moves to force schools to “prominently display the national motto, ‘In God We Trust,’ written legibly in English, in each classroom or in another prominent place in each school building where each student shall be able to see and read it each day school is in session.”
• Sen. Mike Groene, R-North Platte hopes to fix the apparent educational inequities that separate rural western Nebraska from other areas of the state.